Meadow Springs

22.0% of Meadow Springs's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Greater Perth average.

2,509 family households lived in Meadow Springs; 45.9% were couple families and 16.3% were one-parent families.

43.1% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Greater Perth average.

Meadow Springs had 9,160 residents at the 2021 Census.

26.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

29.7% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Greater Perth average.

Separate houses made up 87.6% of occupied private dwellings in Meadow Springs.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 12.2% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

25.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

48.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

26.3% rented their home. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

The average household in Meadow Springs had 2.7 people.

One-person households made up 21.3% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

Two-person households represented 33.6%, while 27.7% had four or more usual residents.

5.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

61.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Perth.

3.6% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.7% walked or cycled.

3.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

One-car households formed 36.9% of the total.

59.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

56.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 43.7% reported a different address.

32.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

84.0% of residents used only English at home.

10.6% used a language other than English at home.

0.5% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

32.3% of Meadow Springs's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 67.7% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

1.6% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 83.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 44.5% of ancestry responses in Meadow Springs.

Australian ancestry made up 34.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.5% of responses.

15.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

Managers accounted for 8.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.5% of workers, and education and training employed 8.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 58.1%, compared with 65.2% across Greater Perth.

32.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.3%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Perth.

58.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.9% reported asthma, 9.9% arthritis and 5.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

16.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 46.0%.

Median household income was $1,654 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,733.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $350 per week.

Working from home was 5.6% in Meadow Springs, compared with 7.6% across Greater Perth.

Outright ownership was 25.3% locally and 29.3% across Greater Perth. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

Renting accounted for 26.3% in Meadow Springs, against 27.5% across Greater Perth.